Assumptions underlying social labeling theories of delinquency

List the major assumptions underlying social labeling theories of delinquency. Identify and discuss several prominent sociologists and their concepts and contributions to the social labeling approach.

Assumptions underlying social labeling theories of delinquency

Firstly, list the major assumptions underlying social labeling theories of delinquency.

Secondly, identify and discuss several prominent sociologists and their concepts and contributions to the social labeling approach.

Thirdly, what are some of the weaknesses and limitations of the social labeling approach?

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Labeling theory, in criminology, a theory stemming out of a sociological perspective known as “symbolic interactionism,” a school of thought based on the ideas of George Herbert Mead, John Dewey, W. I. Thomas, Charles Horton Cooley, and Herbert Blumer, among others. The first as well as one of the most prominent labeling theorists was Howard Becker, who published his groundbreaking work Outsiders in 1963.

A question became popular with criminologists during the mid-1960s:

Firstly, what makes some acts and some people deviant or criminal?

During this time, scholars tried to shift the focus of criminology toward the effects of individuals in power responding to behavior in society in a negative way; they became known as “labeling theorists” also known as “social reaction theorists.”